Combined mat, carrying bag, and garment



March 5, 1957 F. HUMPELER COMBINED MAT, CARRYING BAG AND GARMENT 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 3, 1953 I v INVENTOR.

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A TTORNE 7f United States PatentO COMBINED MAT, CARRYING BAG, ANDGARMENT Fina Humpeler, Vorarlberg, Austria Application February 3, 1953,Serial No. 334,910

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-69) This invention relates to an article which isadapted for several uses such as a blanket, a handbag, a mat, and aweather-cape.

An object of the invention is to provide for an article which may beused by tourists, vacationists, sport-loving people, and picinc parties,for a variety of purposes.

The invention comprises an oblong piece of fabric which may comprise oneor several layers of a soft and pliable material with one layerpreferably, though not necessarily, consisting of a waterproof material.The blanket or mat is manufactured of a single blank in such way thatone of its ends may be folded upon itself and sewed, cemented, orotherwise fastened at its edges to the mat to form on top of saidblanket a receptacle, open on one side only and large enough to hold apillow or, as described hereinafter, the folded blanket itself.

A further object of the invention is to provide for an article for allkinds of outdoor activities which is easy to manipulate to be spread asa comfortable mat or to be folded and kept and carried as a handbag orto be used as a protecting weathercape in case of emergency.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an articlefor a plurality of purposes which is simple in construction, attractivein shape and appearance, and easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention herein described andillustrated by the attached drawings will be obvious from the disclosureherein given.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a partially assembled pack of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the opened pack spread as a mat.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section through the top of the mat along line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the folded article showing the use as ahandbag.

Fig. 7 is a similar view but from the side opposite to that shown inFig. 6, and showing the top of the pack opened or untied.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the article illustratingthe folding.

Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating thecross-folding.

Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating the crosswisefolded article previous to the final operation of reversing thepillowcase-like uppermost receptacle portion of the device to receiveand retain the folded mat.

Fig. 11 is a view showing the article as applied to the wearer.

In the drawings is shown the mat or blanket 20 having a hem 20a securedby a line of stitching 20, and shown in various stages of folding as inFigs. 1, 6, 7, 9, and 10, and in a spread form as in Figs. 2 and 8.

The cross-sections, Figs. 3 and 4, illustrate how the 2,783,473 IPatented Mar. .5, 1951 pillowcase-like top portion 21 is formed andsewed as by a line of stitches 21a or cemented with its open end 22 onone longitudinal side of the mat. On the same open side, ribbons ortapes 23 are provided for tying the prop? erly folded mat together. Ashoulder-strap 24 is fastened to the pillowcase-like receptacle in suchmanner that the folded pack can be carried easily. The mat is firstfolded longitudinally along the lines 25 and 26 in such sequence,as'illustrated by the arrows B and C, that the portion with the openside 22 of the pillowcase-like'top is to the outside. The prefolded matis then folded crosswise along the lines'27 and 28 in suchmanner thatthe pile lowcase-like portion 21 extends beyond the folded :pack, asillustrated in Fig. 9. If finally the folded pack is folded at lines Din Fig. 9 to form a final pack as illustrated in Fig. 10, and if thenthe corner marked A" in Figs. 1, 9 and 10, is grasped with one hand onthe inside of the illowcase-like receptacle 21 it is easy to overturn orreverse the casing or receptacle and to pull the casing or receptacle 21with its inside out over the prefolded portion to form a solid uniformpack, similar to the pro cedure to pull a pillowcase over a pillow.Ribbons or tapes 23 are fastened to the open end of the receptacle 22 totie the pack together; which shoulder straps 24 are provided for easierand more convenient carrying.

Separable slide fastener strips 30 and 31, or other fastening means suchas buttons and buttonholes or books and eyes, etc., are fastened toopposite ends of the same longitudinal edge of the mat to adapt the matfor use as a weathercape, if desired, whereby the mat may be wrappedaround the shoulders so that the two cooperating fastener halves orother mentioned fasteners join in front of the wearer to be closedfirmly, thereby holding the weathercape together, as in Fig. 11. Afurther pocket 32 may be provided for on the outside of the folded packwhich, by its manner of folding automatically, forms a bag which is ofpractical use for the various purposes mentioned. The auxiliary pocket32 may be used for carrying cosmetic compact, keys, a purse, etc., whilethe main receptacle may house a wet bathing suit in addition to housingthe folded mat or blanket.

It is obvious that minor modifications of the described and illustratedexample of the invention may be made without departing from the basicidea of the invention. Therefore, this description and illustration isnot limited to the exact form,,construction, arrangement and combinationof parts herein set forth, but comprises and may include all othervariations within the scope of the ap pended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A combined mat, carrying bag, and garment comprising an oblong blankof soft, pliable material, one end of the blank being folded upon itselfalong a line parallel to a shorter side of the blank, the edge of thefolded over portion which is parallel to the fold line and one of theadjacent edges being secured to the remainder of the blank to constitutea rectangular pillow-casing with an open side along a shorter dimensionof said pil low-casing, the remainder of the blank constituting a mat,the area of which is a multiple of the area of said pillow-casing, thecombined mat and pillow-casing being divided into rectangles of smallerarea by spaced lines of fold extending parallel to the side edges andends of the mat, respectively, so that the combined mat and thepillow-casing may be folded inwardly from its side edges along the linesof fold parallel to the side edges thereof to form three superimposedlongitudinal panels'with the panel having the open side of thepillow-casing being outermost, said outermost one-third part of thepillowcasing then constituting a receptacle with the mat folded alongthe lines of fold parallel to its ends to bring the folded mat withinthe dimensions of said receptacle, and

in faefib face relationwith one face oi said receptacle, said -1 ece4tacle beinglhen mevensibie to dispose the .iolded mat and the foldedpart of the pillow-casing wholly within said receptacle.

2..A combined mat, catrying bag, and garment, as set forth in claim1,further characterized byhavingrfastening m'e'ans'along the'edgeslofithe open iside'of :the recepta'cle toirleasablyjoimthem'together.

3. A combined mat, carrying bag and garment, as "set forth inmlaim 1,wherein'cooperating fastening means are provided along onerside edge-ofthe combined mat and vcasing, said fastening means rextendiing inwardlyan equal distance from opposite ends of said edge, leaving anintetmediate portion :of :said :edge -void of fastening means, :saidfastening means cooperating to join :the res'pectiv'e ed ges together'Whenas'aid mat is idraped about the shoulders ofza wearer.

References Cited in the file of this patent 1 UNITED STATES "PATENTSFuller Dec. 19, 1918 Lock et al Dec. 14, 1926 Pringle Oct. 17, 1933 TillDeci 30, 1941 Wolfe June 27, 1950 Munday Jan. 2, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTSGreat Britain Sept. 21, 1933 Great Britain May 5, 1938

